'10'dulkar TIME Trivia Quiz

Answer: Ramesh

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is his full name. His father was an novelist and a writer for many Marathi newspapers. Ramesh Tendulkar died during the World Cup Cricket 1999 competition . He lived for 66 years.

Answer: 1973

He was born on 24th April 1973 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. During his youth his favorite sport was tennis. During his early cricketing years,Sachin Tendulkar had a fascination for bowling fast. In 1985-86, at the early age of 12 Sachin scored his first century in competitive cricket, in the Harris Shield inter-school cricket tournament.

Answer: lack of height

Several commentators and media persons nicknamed him the Little Master because of his height of 5ft 5in. The short batsmen for some technical reason play drives, flicks and cuts better than taller guys and hence arguably they are best batsman around. Suniel Gavaskar was India's first Little Master.

Answer: Pakistan

On 15th November 1989 Tendulkar made his cricketing debut against Pakistan. He also broke his nose from the bouncer delivered by Waqar Younis. He made just 15 runs, being bowled by Waqar Younis.

Answer: 248

This was came against Bangladesh in Dhaka in December 2004. Considered to be one of the best international cricket players, he however, never scored a triple century.

Answer: 200

He scored the first double century ever in ODI match against South Africa (February 2010). The side featured bowlers such as Stern and Morkel.

He was the first cricketer to score a double century in a ODI. The previous record was 194 by Saeed Anwar (Pakistan) against India in 1997, and by Charles Coventry (Zimbabwe) against Bangladesh in August 2009.

Answer: Bangladesh

After a long wait for his 100th overall international century it finally came against Bangladesh on 16th March 2012. He became the first player to achieve this feat.

Answer: Waankhede, Mumbai

After long discussion BCCI ( The Board Of Control For Cricket In India) decided to farewell him on his home ground i.e. Waankhede Stadium in Mumbai, in November 2013. Various events were organized by BCCI to make his farewell memorable for him. In this match he made his final score of 74.

Answer: Rajya Sabha

During his or her six year term the President of India can nominate 12 people from the field of art, science, literature, sports, etc. In 2012 Sachin along with Bollywood actress Rekha were nominated by President Pranab Mukherjee. His seat number in the Rajya Sabha is 104.

He has in fact, attended the session only thrice ever since he took oath as the Rajya Sabha MP in June, 2012. He is also the first sportsperson ever without an aviation background to be awarded the honorary rank of Group Captain by the Indian Air Force.

Answer: Bharat Ratna

On 26th January 2014 he received India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna. He was the first Indian sportsman to get this award and was also the youngest man to receive this award, at the age of forty.